High-fluidity and non-caking pulverulent crystalline maltitol composition
US9220684B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 7, 2009 |
| Grant date | Dec 29, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 2, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61P3/02
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A pulverulent crystalline maltitol composition, is characterized in that it has a laser volume mean diameter between 10 and 150 μm; in that it has a maltitol content between 80 and 99.9% by weight; in that at least 50% by weight of its particles flow through a sieve having a cut-off threshold of 2000 μm according to a test A1; in that at least 35% by weight of its particles flow through a sieve having a cut-off threshold of 2000 μm according to a test A2; and in that it includes from 0.1 to 20% by weight of at least one water-insoluble anti-caking agent, the anti-caking agent having a hygroscopicity, determined according to the test B, between 2.5 and 25%. This composition is not subject to caking, and finds applications in the food and pharmaceutical fields.
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